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Question follow-through · 68868

Companies: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies with addresses in Northern Ireland have been removed from the Companies House register in the last year by the National Economic Crime Centre.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
22 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies with addresses in Northern Ireland have been removed from the Companies House register in the last year by the National Economic Crime Centre.

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The National Economic Crime Centre does not remove companies from the Registers of Companies. This is a function of the Registrars of Companies. During the most recent period for which published figures are available (April 2024 to March 2025), 10,096 com...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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